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[somedaytogether]

So, after some discussion with various people, I decided it would be a good idea to have some kind of central database of what we know. Or, to be more accurate, of what we have learned through echoes.

However, there are some logistical problems, especially regarding anonymity. It doesn't seem like the network is a good place to post this information, since you can't disguise who you are. I thought about it, and I think the best plan is to use a google doc. You can find it here.

It's completely anonymous, so anyone can edit it. Obviously this means there's a risk of vandalism, and we can't verify anything you add, but it seems like the best solution. I've already added what I know - it's not very exciting, so I don't mind sharing it. If you think of any extra categories we should have, please add them in.

Ok, that's it from me. If you have any questions, do get in touch.

EDIT: So lots of people have been providing help and suggestions.

1. The document is going to be hosted on a private server, with some additional security. You can still edit anonymously, but it should be a little safer.

2. If you are corroborating something, please add an x next to the item. That way we'll know how many people have similar experiences in common.

Comments

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[argents]

Thanks for this. Everyone must be facing their fears about sharing this stuff — what's supposed to be important to us, I guess. But we have to start somewhere.

If someone hadn't been brave enough to tell me she was remembering the same things I was, I wouldn't have been able to line so much of it up. If we can start doing that for each other, then...

( audio )

[somedaytogether]

I'm really glad you feel this has helped. I didn't know that memories had already connected when I put the doc up, but learning that they do makes me even more certain this is the right thing to do.

[argents]

Yeah. Risks seem even worse when the power balance is so off-centered, but a lot of people came forward, didn't they?

[somedaytogether]

Exactly. And in some ways, risking more is the only way to give ourselves any power. It's a tricky balance.

People have been wonderful, I'm so grateful for all the help.

[argents]

I think I understand the reasons for not wanting to, or well, I did... but without reminders like this, it's easy to forget how much we have in common.

Do you share memories with anyone?

[somedaytogether]

I don't know! Which I guess means no. But maybe I will, someday. Talking to someone with blue hair reminded me that I knew someone with blue hair, but I don't think they were the same person.

And I haven't met anyone else who has mentioned Dios.

[argents]

Dios? Is that a place? Or a person?

[somedaytogether]

A person. But I don't know anything else.

Though if the theory that the echoes are connected to how we remember them is true then he might have been a hero of some kind.

[argents]

It's been hard to tell for sure, without context. But I want to think we remember things the way we do for a reason.

[somedaytogether]

I hope so. If this is some kind of huge, celestial prank I might become a supervillain out of spite.

[argents]

No way, you seem too nice for that! Though if this was a movie, that'd be the kind of comment that sets you on the path to supervillainy, huh?

[somedaytogether]

What a sweetheart you are. Though I think in my case it's not so much niceness as "years of etiquette training that left me incapable of being impolite". But I think I would make a very good supervillain - one of those ones who always treats the hero like a gentleman or a lady while they try to brutally murder them. And then drinks wine.

[argents]

[ OH GOOD JUST LIKE HIS CANON'S MAIN VILLAIN ]

I didn't know etiquette training was a thing. [ yes this is what he focuses on, sweet summer child. ] But still, I don't think I'd believe that getting the idea to put this together for everyone was just out of simple politeness.

[somedaytogether]

[And yet amusingly dissimilar to the nasty things she did as her preincarnation.]

It is in diplomatic circles, and both my parents were diplomats. But no, this list wasn't made from politeness. Anxiety might be a better word. When I discovered the network - well it destabilized my perspective on the world, and I find concrete facts are the most effective way to become familiar with a situation.

[argents]

[ For him, it's easy to have pretty ideals when you're not aware that you've murdered people. ]

To take what we're remembering as concrete facts, you'd still have to trust in people. Or what they're willing to tell. Though, I don't think any of us have a reason to lie, when we're all just trying to figure it out too.

[somedaytogether]

Inevitably, you come to the point where you have to trust other people, or you just can't engage with the world at all. I think it would be miserable to live in a world where you were too scared to have faith in anyone.

[~Foreshadowing~]

[argents]

[ ..........so cool ]

I think so, too.